Blunt Speech By Nixon In Moscow

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28963, 3 August 1959, Page 11

Blunt Speech By Nixon In Moscow

(Rec. 11 p.m.) MOSCOW, August 1

The United States VicePresident, Mr Richard Nixon, today warned the Soviet Prime Minister, Mr Khrushchev, of an era of “fear, suspicion and tension” if Russia tried to "communise” 'oreign countries, the American Associated Press reported. In a farewell speech broadcast and televised, Mr Nixon called for a “just peace based on mutual respect rather than the peace of surrender or dictation by either side.”

Mr Nixon spoke out in blunt terms in summing up . >e results of his nine days of goodwill talks and travel inside Russia.

“Putting it bluntly, both of our peoples want peace, but both of us also possess great strength and much as we want peace, neither of us can or will tolerate being plished around,” Mr Nixon said.

He hinted that he favoured inviting Mr Khrushchev to visit the United States, but he did not say if he would recommend this to President Eisenhower. Mr Nixon noted that the Deputy Premiers, Mr Anastas Mikoyan and Mr Frol Koslov had visited America and he added significantly: “We should explore ways of increasing contacts of this type.” Mr Nixon said the United States would strive unceasingly for peace even though Mr Khrushchev and the American leaders “disagreed sharply” on key world problems. The Vice-President proposed these steps toward better SovietAmerican understanding: Mr Khrushchev and President Eisenhower should agree to talk directly to each other’s peoples in “regular radio and television broadcasts.” All of President Eisenhower’s foreign policy speeches should be printed in the Soviet Union in return for printing all such speeches by Mr Khrushchev in the United States. A new “sharply expanded” exchange of persons should be agreed upon along with more cultural exchanges. Russia should stop jamming Voice of America broadcasts and agree to allow more American

magazines and publications into the country. Mr Nixon, who will leave Moscow tomorrow for a two-day visit to Poland, did not hold any formal talks with Mr Khrushchev after his return from touring Siberia. He will hold a news conference before his departure for Warsaw.